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Waffle House Claims to Be About ‘People.’ Its Own People Say Otherwise.

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billion business,” Leigh Rogers Slack, Waffle House’s director of people development, wrote in a newsletter to employees on April 20. But the deepest cuts so far have been felt by Waffle House’s restaurant employees, the servers and cooks and unit managers whose essential labor powers the entire business.

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MRM Talking With: Author, Leadership Coach and Chick-fil-A Veteran Dee Ann Turner

Modern Restaurant Management

Allow them to develop leadership skills and show a path to leadership positions. Even if they are just passing through, it is an opportunity to improve the employment brand by being known as someone who helps people develop. What can managers do to want people to work for them?